Witnesses said a teenage driver hit 8-year-old Jake Thompson, who was crossing the street with his grandmother on Noblestown Road.

“I was on the phone and I looked out this corner window, and the kid was wearing a yellow jacket and that’s all I saw. In the air, like, level with that sign (9 feet above the ground),” said witness Makenzie Nalepa.

Tanner Bock also saw the accident.

“We were all, were just like, ‘Call 911,’ and then his gram came up and grabbed him, carried him over to the grass,” Bock said.

Bock said the driver was a teenage girl who had one passenger in the front seat. The driver reportedly stopped at the scene and spoke with police.

Thompson’s grandfather said the boy was responsive on the scene and taken to Children’s Hospital. Jake is reported to have road rash and an injured knee.

“The hill over there, if you come flying down it, you don’t have time to react if someone is crossing the street,” Nalepa said.

Witnesses said the boy and his grandmother were in a pedestrian crossing. They also said police removed the black box from the driver’s vehicle.